Door-hanger



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. W. r. BERRY.

Doon HANGER'. l

Patented Oct. 2. 1894.

j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILBUR F. BERRY, oF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANAGER.

ySPECIJEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,961, dated October 2, 12894.

' iptncason nea .einem 30,189.2. 'serslrofnasth' (Nomads.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBUR F.'BERRY,-a citizenof the United States, residing at 'Chis cago, Illinois, have yinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

-In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in Section, of a door provided with my improved hanger, taken in the line l of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken in the line 2 of Fig. 1,looking in the direction of the arrow.' Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken in the line 3 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 4. is a plan view of the hanger plate, viewed from the bottom.

In making my improved door hanger, I make a hanger plate A for attaching the door to the hanger. This plate is intended to be fitted into a recess or depression cut or mortised into the top of the door at the proper place. It is provided', on its under side, with a longitudinal bead or rib a, running along its center, and preferably, from one end 'to the other. lIt is provided with screw holes at desired distances apart on each side of the bead or rib, and, if desired, it may have one or more screw holes along its longitudinal center, through the rib, as shown in Fig. 4..' The groove or recess mortised into the end of the door, for the reception of the hanger plate is preferably of the same depth in cross section, so that its bottom will present a smooth and level surface, as particularly shownin Fig. 2. The rib or bead on the under side of the plate, resting on the smooth or level bottom of the groove or recess in the top of the door, will serve to hold the plate, at its sides, above the bottom of the recess, so that as the screws are put in, the plate may be tipped or oscillated on its longitudinal bead as may be necessary to bring the yoke in which the trolley is mountedinto the desiredr position of parallelism with the sides of the door. I'f, in fastening` the hanger plate to the door, this parallelism should not in thefirst instance be secure, or if for any reason it is desired to change the lateral position of the yoke, all that would be necessary would be to loosen the screws on one side of the bead, and tighten those on l"the other, to eifect the de- Sired change oradjustment.

The' yoke B Yis preferably cast integral with the hangerplate, so as to form'one piece thereof, as particularly shown in'Fig. 2. It rises the 'desired distance above the door, and has its end pieces' the requisite distance apart to permit "the trolley wheels tobe inserted and to move back and forth between them the necessary distance.

The ends of the` yokeare provided with y laterally extending lugs or projections b, as particularly shownl in Fig. 1. These lugs are intended to accommodate the means for adjusting the height of the door as will be presently explained.

As two yokes and two trolleys are ordinarily employed in hanginga large door, and as vthey are usually placed a considerable distance apart toward the respective edges ofthe door, it is desirable to have some means for connecting them together toinsure a .proper and constant alignment of the parts; otherwise, they are liable to more or less lateral displacement so as to get out` of line with each other, which would interfere with their proper working. To thus connect the two yokes and trolleys together, I run a long rod orl bar C through from one yoke to the other, so as to securely connect them together'. To hold this rod or bar in place, as 'w'ell as'to aord means for adjusting lthe height'of the door, I. ar-

range on the outside ofthe ends of the yokes vertical blocks D, which for convenience may be called adjusting blocks, particularly shown in Fig. l, through which, as well as through the ends of the yokes, the rod C passes. After it is arranged in place, it isV secured and held in position by` set screws d, preferably inserted through the ends of the blocks D. The

lower ends of these blocks are screw-threaded and bolts d', passing up through lugs or projections b and properly screw-threaded at their upper ends, engage with'them. This afords the means for adjusting the height of the door before mentioned. As the bolts d are screwed up or down in the adjusting blocks D, the height 'or vertical position of lthe door will be varied as desired. To accommodate this vertical adjustment, the ends of the yokes are cut away vertically where-the rod C passes through them, as at d2. After the proper adjustment has been made, by screwing the bolts d in or out, they may be held IOC securely in the desired position by set screws d3. Shown in Figl.

The trolley wheels E are made in pairs, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, with a short axle e fastening them together. I provide this axle with a V-shaped groove e', as particularly shown in Fig. 2, and I mount'on the blocks D a bar F, shaped in cross section to fit the groove in the axle. As shown in Fig. 2, this bar is V-shaped instead of curvilinear, inasm uch as I have found that a groove of such form prevents a swaying and wabbling movement of the door, and if any slight defects exist in the construction of the parts they will not aect the movements of the door, as the rider bar being also angular runs upon one point or line. There can be, therefore, no oscillation of the trolleys out of their position, and consequently no binding of the sides of the door. This bar, resting in the groove in the axle, carries the Weight of the door, and prevents the trolleys from oscillat- 'lng out of their true position, so as always to retain them properly on the tracks or rails on which they run. To adapt the same sized yoke to dierent sized doors, and to prevent the trolleys from running too far, I mount adjustable stops G on the bars F, through the upper ends of which the bar C also passes, so that they can be moved in the one direction or the other on such bar, to 'regulate and limit the amount of movement permitted to the trolley wheels. After these adjustable stops have been moved to the right position, they may be held securely in place by set screws g as'shown in Fig. 1. The upper ends of these stops are preferably provided with holes through which the rod or bar C passes, so that they have engagement with both rods F and C. I also prefer to provide the trolleys with an elastic tire or band H, to make them more easy and noiseless in their movements, as the door is slid in or ont.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the parts and the door broken in vertical section, but it will be understood that the parts are intended to represent a single door with its hanger attachments.

In Fig. 2, I have shown a cross piece I, con-vl nectin g the studding together, to afford a su pport for the tracks i, While in Fig. 3, I have shown brackets J fastened to the studding for thesame purpose, with the head of the door jamb j immediately above the door. By

reference to these figures, it will he seen that I make the side pieces K of the boxes in which the tracks are arranged sloping or beveled outward, so that the space in which the trolleys run is Wider at the top than at the bottom, and I slope the outer edges of the track toward the sides K, so as to form troughs or pockets la between the track and the sides of the box along the top, in which dust may accumulate and be prevented from falling down. By making the space in which the trolleys run Wider at the top than at the bottom, I avoid the possibility of any binding between theA trolleys and the sides of the box in case, owing to the settling of the building or other cause, the trolleys are tipped or leaned toward the one side or the other.

i In Fig. 1 I have shown a rubber cushion L, on the end of one of thelugs or projections b.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a door hanger, a hanger plate provided with a longitudinal bead or ridge along its under side, substantially `as described.

2. In a door hanger, the combination of a yoke, trolley wheels arranged therein, tracks on which the Wheels run, and a Iiaringbox in which the tracks are laid, substantially as described.

3. In a door hanger, the combination of a yoke, trolley wheels arranged therein, tracks on which the wheels run, a box in whichthe tracks are laid, the tracks and box being arranged to form a groove or gutter between the tracks `and the sides of the box,"`substantially as described.

4. In a door hanger, the combination lof a yoke, trolley wh eels arranged therein, an axle connecting the Wheels and provided with an angular groove, a rider bar fitting in the groove in such axle in such manner as to prevent lateral displacement between the-bar and the groove in the axle and provided with round bearing portions at each end to permit the door to oscillate thereon, and connections between the bar and the door to support the door on the bearing portions of the bar `and permit its oscillation, substantially as described.

5. In a door hanger, the combination of yokes provided with lugs or projections, ad-` justing blocks internally screw-threaded and carrying the rider bar and the rod,'G, connecting the yokes together, fand bolts screwthreaded at their ends and passing freely through the lugs and engaging the threads of the blocks for moving the blocks separately toward or from the lugs by turning the bolts separately, substantially as described.

WILBUR F. BERRY.

Vitnesses:

Trios. A. BANNING, SAMUEL E. HIBBEN.

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